Gotta love Texas USA

[Picko]

I didn't know we got free 5G with every jab.

You don't, you get 2.5G with each dose if my maths isn't letting me down.

[Beardy]

You don't, you get 2.5G with each dose if my maths isn't letting me down.

According to the reliable medical advice I received from my IT guy you get the chip in the first jab and the battery in the second and any subsequent boosters after that are software updates

[Picko]

I stand corrected.

[rrich]

Everyone should do as we do.

Damian,
It would be one heck of a good start.

[verawood]

I was secretly hoping with both doses I was up to 10G.
Now I've got a headache.

According to the reliable medical advice I received from my IT guy you get the chip in the first jab and the battery in the second and any subsequent boosters after that are software updates

[Simplicity]

According to the reliable medical advice I received from my IT guy you get the chip in the first jab and the battery in the second and any subsequent boosters after that are software updates

Hope the software updates don’t have viruses.

Cheers Matt.

[woodPixel]

I'm still waiting for the 5G tracking chip to kick in with my two shots.

I don't think They* have turned them on yet.

Honestly, the miniaturisation is incredible. To fit a working 5G chip (with mind control integrated) down that tiny narrow-guage needle is mighty impressive.

*They = New World Order Lizard people (or the Liberal party, which may be the same thing?)

[woodPixel]

Hope the software updates don’t have viruses.

Only bugs

[woodhutt]

I just wonder what Bill Gates is doing with the information he's getting from my chip. I didn't know my movements between bathroom, shed and the local club for a beer or three would be so fascinating or informative.
Pete

[barri]

If you profile Texas for education and economic status against jurisdictions with gun restrictions their rate of firearms related crime is low. This is a pretty common theme across the world,but I guess outcomes are not as important as belief.

Was this anecdotal or do you have a source for that comment. Also I would assume that the Texas education and economy is not a lot different to here in Australia and yet they have a gun death rate 12 times worse with a population similar to Australia and they are in the middle when comparing with other US states, some with stricter gun control and some with little. Why is that? Also if their firearm rate is "low" why does their government want to arm their citizens? Its certainly a culture that's hard to understand particularly when you see the statistics on mass shootings, school shootings, gun suicides, gun accidents, gun deaths etc.



Gun Deaths By Country 2021

[woodPixel]

Good graphs. When clicking on the countries it divides the gun-deaths up into homicide and suicide.

Seems the USA has 4.46H 7.32S compared to our 0.18H 0.8S per 100k.

While both are "worse" it seems that the USA has many multiples of gun suicide. Perhaps due to ease of obtaining and surety of result. In Oz it may be 0.8, but we may choose another... method...


Its weird. I've been the USA a few times. While I'd say it wasn't my favourite country, at no time did I ever feel unsafe, uncomfortable or threatened. Chicago was nice, even the places I was told to avoid (actually, the people there were most excellent).

[Chief Tiff]

I was intrigued by Sweden… I did a couple of deployments on a Swedish minelayer where I learned a lot about their Defence Force; it essentially consists of a tiny number of full-time defence personnel, the previous year’s school leavers (effectively year 13’s) doing their 12m mandatory conscription… and the rest of the population as required upon notice of war! All adults over the age of 18 are required to own/hold and maintain competency in a weapon; pistols are their favourite with crossbows, shotties and rifles making up the rest. The tiniest mountain village will have a gun club!

They reduced armed crime by ensuring that everybody is trained in the use of lethal weapons and has access to them.

[ARealBoy]

When I was a kid I used to wander round with my friends in our small country town carrying air rifles or a .22 and no one raised an eyebrow. Now the tactical police would arrive I guess.

Mick.

[Beardy]

The problem with everyone having access to a gun is that sure the good guys will have one but so does everyone else including those that suffer from mental health issues and domestic violence perpetrators

I am not anti guns, I am a licensed gun owner myself but I have come across plenty of people who I am quite happy don’t have legal access to a firearm

[Glider]

I wonder how many mass shooters have been interrupted by a gun toting citizen who draws their weapon and plugs them.

Regarding vaccinations: It's interesting that many matters involving proven science have recently morphed into a question of belief.

I notice that the overwhelming majority of people with serious conditions like cancer and heart attacks rush to the experts for treatment.

I'll leave the abortion question to the moral philosophers.

What's the connection between all these issues? Far right ideology.

mick